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Show INTERESTING SPORT NOTES A thoroughbred horse costs ag much as $200,000. The 100-meter run is the standard lone-distance race for women In France. The Japanese are the most athletic people In the Far East. The General Bicyclists' league In th Netherlands has 70.000 members. Rugby football was originated In England by William Webb EUls, in 1823. Ed KIrby, mile collegiate champion of Cornell, Is heralded as another John Paul Jones. Coach Percy Haughton will call Columbia Col-umbia university football practice September Sep-tember 10. Australia and the United States have won the Davis cup the same number num-ber of times seven each. A major "Y" Is awarded by Tale to an undergraduate golf or tennis player who wins a national championship. The Tale Athletic association Is paying pay-ing Joe Fogarty $12,000 a year to coach the baseball, football and basketball basket-ball teams. According to the National Lawn Tennis Ten-nis association, New York, Philadelphia Philadel-phia and San Frnnclsco are accepted as the three greatest tennis center In this country. New York state fair grounds at Syracuse, Syra-cuse, where the Grand Circuit stars perform, per-form, will add a cinder track Inslda the regulation mile course for rainy day racing. The French Olympic committee has received official notification from Sweden Swe-den and Turkey that they will be represented rep-resented In the Olympic games, to b held next year. |